Definition of 宿命 (しゅくめい)

しゅくめい

宿命

しゅくめい

shukumei

JLPT N1

Common word

noun

•

fate, destiny, predestination

Related Kanji

宿	inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
命	fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

Example sentences(showing 3 results)

こうずい

ちほう

しゅくめい

Previously, floods were fate for the region

しかし

、

てんさい

ゆえ

いっぱん

りかい

にく

しゅくめい

い

However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one's genius is fate

この

こと

は

、

にんげん

きょうつう

しゅくめい

そいん

、

、

じん

かぎ

This is a basic factor that can even be said to be the common lot of man, it certainly doesn't apply only to Germans